Disclaimer: Buffy: the Vampire Slayer and Thor belong to their respective owners.

A/N: After exams and discovering that stress is bad for my health, here's the next chapter (partly written while one meds).

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"Let me guess. You're Thor, right?" asked the woman after their coffee had been served. "I'm Buffy."

Thor's world had changed a lot in the last few days, but the presence of the woman sitting in front of him had truly surprised him. Until now, none of those he had met remembered his people, and if they did, like Erik, they didn't believe that he could be one of them.

However, Buffy not only knew about the Asgardians, but she also seemed to not have any problem with accepting that he was one of them.

"This world is rather big. Big enough to be two worlds in one, in fact," she explained when he asked her about her acceptance of the situation. "And, honestly, the last time you were here, you guys only visited a small corner of Earth."

The last part of the explanation, he understood easily. Darcy had showed him a map of Midgard this morning. The first part, however…

"Two worlds?"

"One is full of humans," said Buffy. "The other one belongs to demons and magic."

"I remember trolls from my few visits," commented Thor. "But I don't remember any human that was a magic user."

Or, at least, that's what Loki always said, that Midgard was a world without magic.

Asgard had always considered Midgard to be a world of little interested and, in consequence, it was rarely visited. More than one had asked themselves why it was part of the Nine Realms in the first place. In the end, Asgard had broken contact with Midgard.

The God of Thunder barely remembered his own visits to this realm. When had it been the last time? Was it during his second century of life?

"Perhaps you did meet them, but you simply don't remember. Sometimes it's better not to draw attention to yourself." Buffy typed in her computer, while continuing the conversation with the blond. "You will be surprised how badly humans react to magic and demons."

Witches always seemed to be the first ones accused when something bad happened. Broke a leg? Witch. Bad harvest? Witch. Your boy has fallen for another girl? Obviously, she's a witch.

It really annoyed Willow and Dawn.

"Humans? Are you not…"

"Human? I am human." There was some tension in her words, and the expression on her face was a serious one. However, Thor noted some doubt on her words. "I just have a few extras and don't spend that much time in the human world."

She fell silent and focused again on the computer before changing the topic of their conversation.

"Back to not drawing attention, I'm in favor of not drawing the attention of any god. It doesn't matter if you're aliens or higher powers; you never bring anything good with you."

"I assure you that I have no ill intentions towards this realm."

"That better be the case. I was once told that you were one of the good guys, so I'm going to trust that the information that I was given is correct."

Buffy turned the computer towards him so he could watch the video in the screen. Thor immediately recognized the moment when his brother had informed him of the death of their father and of his permanent banishment.

"You are with SHIELD."

"No, but they were the ones that called me." The woman turned the computer towards her and stopped the video. When she looked back at him, there was something in her expression that reminded him of his father. "Would you mind explaining who you were talking with?"

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A god exiled in mortal form. Or, to be more exact, an alien that used to be worshipped as a god by the Vikings was currently exiled in her world permanently. Apparently, her new friend had caused quite a bit of trouble in his own world.

Also, what was with gods and exiles in Earth? Was there some kind of big neon sign over the planet with the words "dump your problematic god here"?

Buffy remembered again Anya's words about the ones that had once been her gods. She had barely spoken about it, just a few comments during the whole thing with Glory, but the ex-demon had said that Asgard had nothing against Earth and that they saw it as of little importance.

She had also commented how most demons had decided to keep away from the visiting Asgardians whenever they visited. Apparently, the alien race really loved a good fight.

The Slayer wondered what would have happened if Asgard had decided to visit Chine ten centuries ago. According to the archives of the Council, some Chinese demons had tried to end the world at the time and the attempt had involved dragons; ignoring the attempt at ending the world, Buffy would had loved to have seen those dragons.

In any case…

"Sorry about your parents."

What else could she said? A father dead, a mother that doesn't even want to see you…

"What do you plan on doing now?"

"I don't know where to start," admitted the blond man. "All I was, I am not anymore; and all I knew about this world is wrong."

Buffy finished her coffee and looked at the alien sitting in front of her. There was an idea in her mind. It was risky, and she was sure that the others won't like the idea of another "exiled god", but she had decided to trust Anya's words.

"How do you feel about fighting demons?"

"Excuse me?"

"Demons. Fighting against them." Buffy smiled entertained. "We already have a god of the demonic variety, I think it's time we add an alien one to the list."

Silently, Buffy prayed that she wasn't wrong about this decision. If Anya was actually wrong about Thor, the ex-demon was dying again once Buffy crossed to the Other Side.

In any case, if Thor turned out to be a threat, it was better to keep an eye on him. If worst thing happens, Illyria had been bored for while.

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"I have a request," said Thor after Buffy explained her offer and they were crossing the door.

"Which one?"

"Mjonir. You mentioned that the demons would notice it sooner or later. I don't wish to see it in their hands."

"You want me to protect it." It wasn't a question. "I was planning on it. Even if no one can move it, someone will eventually learn how to use the magic inside it. I'll speak with Willow later."

The hammer was problematic. Thanks to his father, Thor couldn't lift it now ("I'm not longer worthy of the hammer", had said the Asgardian), but that wouldn't stop a group of demons from paying a visit to the object and trying to gain access to its power.

And it did have a lot of power.

Buffy wasn't Willow, but she was sure that a demon with the power of Mjolnir was as such a bad idea as a demon getting hold of the Scythe.

Thor had insisted on telling the group that had helped him since his "landing" about their conversation. Buffy wasn't convinced that it was such a great idea. According to Thor, they still didn't fully believe that he wasn't human.

"I will not leave without giving any explanation," insisted Thor, throwing the lab's crystal doors open.

Inside the building, there were three people discussing about bridges. A man and a woman, probably Erik Selvig and Jane Foster, walked around the room. A younger woman, which Buffy identified as Darcy Lewis, was sitting on a desk and observed the discussion among the two physics with a mug on her hands.

"Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, we must speak," said Thor upon entering.

Introductions were made, explanations were given, and by the end the three of them were looking at her like if she had three heads.

"So you work for the ones that stole my iPod…" commented Darcy with a glare.

"No. Why does everyone keep thinking that?"

"Thor said that you work with them."

The scientist in the room joined their glares with Darcy's and Buffy raised her hands in defense.

"With. The key word is "with". My organization has an agreement with SHIELD," explained Buffy. "If it's from the supernatural world, or there's suspicion that it's, we get called."

"Then you're here because of the hammer?" asked Jane.

"Originally, yes."

Erik sat down in a chair and rubbed his eyes. The last days were started to affect him.

"Legendary hammers, gods, bridges to other realms… And now you're telling me that there's another world here? On Earth?"

"It's like a two for the price of one thing," commented Buffy.

"What I don't understand it's how no one has noticed it before."

"We keep quiet; it saves us from a lot of problems. Plus, I'm starting to suspect that the Powers That Be are also meddling. I mean, there's no way that Asgard never found it weird that Earth was the only realm without magic."

"Someone's magic has been affecting my mind?" asked Thor with a frown.

"Maybe. If so, welcome to the "We Hate the Powers" Club. I'm the president."